We Can Play Politics, Or We Can

Unfortunately, The Elimination Of Incentives Such As Parole, Good Time Credits And Funding For College Courses, Means That Fewer Inmates Participate In And Excel In Literacy, Education, Treatment And Other Development Programs.

We Can Continue Our Progress As A Nation Toward The Promise That All People Are Created Equal And That Our Nation Will Treat Every Person In That Spirit.

Mandatory Minimums Have Been Shown To Be Discriminatory And Waste The Taxpayers' Money.

Giving A 10-year Mandatory Minimum For A Second Offense Fist Fight Is Not Going To Reduce The Chance That Someone Will Be Stabbed 16 Times When You Are Not Funding Any Of The Programs That Are Desperately Needed To Actually Reduce Juvenile Crime.

Present Law Has A Process To Ascertain Whether Or Not A Patient Is In A Persistent Vegetative State, And It Should Not Matter What Politicians Think.